🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Oct15.134128.1054222@locus.com>, dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
|> In article <1biiidINNt5n@cs.widener.edu> YOUNG@tattoo.cs.widener.edu (Rob Young) writes:
|> >
|> >johna@psdcae1.gvg.tek.com (John Abt) Writes:
|> >
|> >> to me -  Intel just reported a record quarter, and the P5
|> >> seems well positioned to take over as soon as the 486 fades.
|> >
|> >Is it a matter of waiting until the 486 fades or are their other reasons?
|> >
|> >
|> >                                Rumor Central
|> >                                   PC Week
|> >                               October 8, 1992
|> >
|> > . . . 
|> >
|> >	"Fiery, yes, but not as fiery as the rumors that the real reason for
|> >	the Intel delays of the P5 was high heat and low clock speeds.  Push
|> >	the speed and the thermometer moves to thermonuclear, mused the Katt
|> >	for a submicron moment."
|> >				   Rob
|> 
|> 
|> Actually, though no one from Intel will admit this, the P5 is suffering
|> from mechanical instability due to the use of proto-matter. According
|> to an un-named source in the P5 project, "We didn't have any choice.
|> We know proto-matter is inherently unstable but it solved several
|> problems in fab".
|> 
|> So, the same problem that resulted in the destruction of the Genesis
|> planet rears its ugly head again.
|> 
|> For non-Trekkies: if you don't get this, rent Star Trek II: The Wrath
|> of Kahn and then you will.
|> 
|> -- 
|>  * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ 		| Views expressed here are	*
|>  * (310) 337-5136 		| mine and do not necessarily	*
|>  * dana@locus.com  DoD #466 	| reflect those of my employer	*
|>  * "Dammit Bones, spare me the lecture and give me the shot!"   *

What is proto-matter? And wasn't the Genesis reference from Star Trek III: The
Search for Spock?

Joe Tien